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—UMJW ■Q’im'w r Trr-ag s WATPCTrr.rrxgr 'B
FAMILY REARING.
Georgia Patrons of Ha>j’)a:uli\v.
.A.Cl<lreH of th<* I'.
Georgia State Grange or Ija1 j a- 1
TWIN'S or Husbandry, i
Office T. .J. Smith, Master,
Oconf.k, (ia ., Aug. ‘2B, 1871. i
Brother Patrons: It becomes my
duty, being so prominently identified
Avitli tho great farmers’ movement in I
Georgia, to invito your serious atten
tion to the demands of the time upon ;
our noble order. Our efforts as
producers of the soil under a pro
tecting Providence, to render our
farms self-sustaining, have to a great
.measure proven successful.
Our good Lord and Master has
sent us early and late lains ..ml fruit
ful seasons, and our so long empty
■granaries will soon groan with more
cheering abundance than they have
since the unfortunate war. The ex
cessive hot and dry weather, curtail
ing our cotton crop, is to be hoped j
will prove a blessing in disguise. The
shrewd and sharp-sighted spectator,
who has been so vigilant in heralding
through the press the crop of four
and a half millions of bales, will be
hushed, and the cotton ring, true to ;
their instincts, were forging chains to ;
fetter us-—let us prepare to rend
asunder, and, true to ourselves, fami
lies, and country, rally under our
bright and floating colors, the only
promise to the tillers of the soil. We
should take time by the forelock,
using our utmost influence with our
friends who have so kindly come tor
ward and contributed to our necessi
ties, furnishing food, etc., to hold our
cotton until developments are made
that are satisfactory as to the extent
of the growing crop.
Heartily congratulating you upon
the spirit of self-reliance and forti
tude which you have so nobly mani-.i
tested under privations and disap
pointments, grievous to be endured,
and for which we wore totally unpre
pared, let me earnestly and affection
ately entreat you not to abandon the
poliev of making abundance of sup
plies for home, and heed earnestly the
resolution as passed by the Cotton
States Convention of November last
year, and impressively reiterated in
its session of July last, of planting!
one-tliird of our arable land in small
■grain, one-third in corn and one-third
in cotton.
Hearken the warning' voice of the
past whose syren song of planting all
cotton, hurling us into bankruptcy of
property and well near of credit and
.character. Soon the season of sow
ing of fall and winter crops—turnips,
wheat, oats, rye, etc., will be upon us,
and remember earnestly that the
judicious and prudent farmer, the
good and faithful Patron will gather
into their granaries, that themselves,
families and animals may have feed
in winter. Our brother Patrons of
all the cotton growing States, pledg
ing to us their hearty concurrence in
the one-tliird system, and, therefore,
while our cotton production will be
diminished, you may yet hope to real
ize a greater amount of profit by the
advance price of the same. Efforts
arc being made through established
agencies to secure supplies of grain
for seed at reduced cost; and can’t I
ask, with some confidence, where are
tin good the true Patrons who have a
surplus and will refuse to open their
hearts and granaries in furnishing
seed to promote the laudable end we
have in view ?
Though the hardships, privations
and disappointments of 4ke farm are !
galling, let us bear it with Christian ;
fortitude, promising ourselves by such
sacrifices a better day will soon dawn,
anil to hasten that better time we will
do all in our power to promote tin
interest of our noble undertaking.
We propose soon to divide our State
into districts, over which put wise and
discreet deputies of our order, whose
duty will lie to canvass, lecturing aud
organizing granges. In this I invoke
the free and hearty co-operation of
every Patron in Georgia. Believing
the weal or woe of the South; yes, of
the whole country, is depending upon
the success or failure of the Grange
movement, I propose, in addition to
the deputy movement, to devote my
entire time to the work of our order,
and will visit, as I have been doing,
all parts of Georgia where duty and
my good brothers have called me.
Brothers, wo have a great work to do.
Let us set about it in earnest, and
kindle a flame of brotherly love
throughout our proud old State, and
not he content until we enlist under
our bright and flying colors every til
ler of the soil in our midst.
The political parties of the country
will soon be arrayed, and the saga
cious politicians attempting to allure
us into the entangling alliances of
party. Let us prove to them we are
true to our profession and faith in
adhering strictly to our fundamental
law, doing nothing that will savor in
the least iff committing our Order to
politics.
Let nie, in conclusion, exhort you
to cherish and practice the cardinal
precepts of our Order in every detail
of life, and wo, under the guidance of
the uvor-umroiful Husbandman above,
shall confidently anticipate for our
distressed and dispirited class the
bright era of prosperity, plenty and
contentment.
Yours fraternally, etc.,
T. J. Smith,
Master of O. S. O.
I*. S.—Will the press of Georgia,
not hostile to us, contribute as much
ns the publication of the above?
T. J. S„ M. G. S. G.
More Bayonet Rule for Southern
Whites.
Washington September !!. Tin
following letter was received here to-,
day:
Long Iskan. ii, N. J., Sept. 2, 1874.
Gcii. IP. IP. /lel/rua/i, Secy of Il’iir:
The recent atrocities in the South,'
particularly in Louisiana, Alabama
and South Carolina, show a disre
gard for law, civil rights and personal i
protection that ought not to be toler
ated in any civilized government. It
looks as if, unless speedily chocked,
matters must become worse, until life
and property there will receive no
protection from the local authorities,
until such authority becomes power
less.
Under such circumstances it is Un
duty of the government to give all the
aid for protection of life and civil
rights legally authorized. To this
end I wish you would consult with
the Attorney General, who is well in
formed as to the ouhnges already
committed and the localities where
the greatest danger lies, and so order
troops, so ns to be available in cases
of necessity. Ail proceedings for the
protection of the South will be under
the Law Department, of the govern
ment, and will ho directed by the At
torney General in accordance with
the provisions of the enforcement act.
No instructions need, therefore, be
given to the troops ordered into the
Southern States, except as they may
be transmitted from time to time on ad
vice from the Attorney General, or us
circumstances may determine here
after.
Yours truly,
U. S. Git AST.
Asa result of the: conference held
at the "War Department this morning
between Secretary Bristow. Belknap
and Attorney General Williams, the
following circular was issued this af
ternoon at two o'clock to United
States Attorneys and Marshals. It
lias*the approval of the President, the
substantial parts of the same having
been communicated to him during an
interview with the Attorney General
at Long Branch:
Department ok Justice, I
Washington, Sept. 3, 1874. j
Sir: Outrages of various descrip
tions, and in some cases atrocious
murders, have been committed in your
district by bodies of armed men,
sometimes in disguise, and with the
view, it is believed, of intimidating
peaceable and law-abiding citizens and
depriving them the rights guaranteed
j them by the Constitution and laws of
l the United States, your attention is
! directed to an act of Congress, passed
April lltli, 18(>(!, entitled “an act to
protect all persons in the United
. States, in their civil rights, and tofur
! nisli means for their vindication,” and
to another passed April 20th, 1870,
entitled “an act to enforce the pro- !
visions of tho Fourteenth amendment
to the Constitution of the United |
States and for other purposes,” also
to one passed May 30th, 1870, entitled
an act to enforce the right of citizens j
of tho United States to vote in the
several States of this Union and for .
other purposes,” which, with their
amendments, make the deeds of vio
lence and bloodshed offenses within
the jurisdiction of the General Gov
ernment. I consider it my duty, in
view of the circumstances, to instruct j
you to proceed with all possible oner-,
gv and dispatch to detqet, expose, ar- ;
rest, and punish the perpetrators of
these crimes, and to that end you are
to spare no effort or necessary ex
pense. Troops of tin- United States
will be stationed at different and con
venient points in your District for the
purpose of giving all needful aid in
the discharge of your official duties.
Yon understand, of course, that no
interference whatever is hereby in
tended with any political or party ac
tion not in violation of law, but pro
tection to all classes of citizens, white
and colored, in tho free exercise of
tlio elective franchise and the enjoy
| ment of other rights and privileges to
| which they are entitled under the
j Constitution and laws as citizens of
j the United States. Tho instructions
are issued by tho authority of the
j President and with the concurrence
of the Secretary of War.
Very respectfully,
George H. Williams,
Attorney General.
—Somebody observes that when six
young ladies sit down to talk about a
new dress pattern a small boy with a
tin horn is a refuge for the wear)
—A Boston preacher, in speaking
of the danger of permitting the Bible
to be crowded out by the newspapers,
perpetrated the following pun: “Men,
nowadays,” said he, “are like Zac
clieus—desirous of seeing Jesus, but
they cannot because of the press.”
(JUITMAJN, GA., THURSDAY, SEPT DIRER 10, 1574.
A Wonderful ('use.
ILLNESS OF A WE1.1.-KNOWN CITIZEN -
UK IS MYSTERIOUSLY CHARGED WITH
ELECTRICITY ELECTRIC SPARKS DROP
FROM HIS FINGEKH, AND ONE EYE EMITS
LIGHT LIKE A LAMP —THE IIATIENT
SLOWLY RECOVERING.
Among those well known and high
ly esteemed oilmens who have recent
ly disappeared from our thorough
fares, where \vc have, been in the habit
of meeting them in our daily walks
on the boulevards, no one is more
missed than the cheerful countenance
of Major Edward Gottlieil. On the I
23d of July past he was suddenly
stricken down by paralysis, and has j
suffered greatly ever since. It is
with unfeigned pleasure we learn
from him personally and also from i
his distinguished and attentive mod- j
ieal attendant, Dr. Nicholson, that he
is slowly but surely recovering, and
that his reappearance in the daily in
tercouftc of iife is only a question of j
a short time.
This ease of paralysis has many |
strange features which require con- j
stunt watching, and although the |
Major is very sick, yet so hopeful anil
encouraging are the symptoms that
two days ago he wrote to Dr. Nichol- j
son the following characteristic note:,
“Dead Doctor —I am much better \
this morning; have been refreshed j
with sound sleep last night, and am j
now waiting for my breakfast of ham :
and eggs with a starving appetite. !
If you don’t come to see me to-day,
I shall try to call on you to-morrow
at head-quarters in person. G.”
Those familiar with Major Gottlieil !
will appreciate the quiet good humor
of his note, which even liis present af- i
tiiction could not repress. Always:
the child of health, so also has lie ;
been the man of generous emotions!
and kindly deeds, the conßcioiflhcss |
of which has no doubt tended to buoy
up bis spirits under circumstances ol
not only physical suffering, but of an
almost unparalleled
PHYSICAL PHENOMENA.
A sliort.time after Major Gottheii’s
affliction commenced there was devel
oped in him symptoms which it is
stated have but one parallel in the
history of medical science. One eve
ning lie was lying asleep as profound
and peaceful as when in health. The
faithful watchers sat just within the
adjoining room, ready to answer his
slightest call. Suddenly he cried out
in frightful screams of agony, and al
though paralyzed and incapable, or
dinarily, of moving without aid, lie
sprang up in bed. The paroxisms of
pain did not iu the least affect the
clear conceptions of his intellect, on
the contrary* they were rather
strengthened than otherwise. Arous
ed in this manner from sound slumber
his first conceit was that someone
had applied to him a galvanic battery
heavily charged. Becoming assured
that such had net been the case, be
then thought that someone hail stolen
into his room and done something to
him, what he knew not. This iu turn
gave way to the positive assurances
of his wife and friends; but it was
plain something hail happened, of an
extraordinary physical character, and
the Major, with his usual scientific
turn of mind, set about its investiga
tion. Lifting up bis paralyzed arm,
be discovered that it was covered with
what appeal'd to be a phosphoric light.
Holding the stricken limb still higher,
electric lights dropped from the
FINGERS
like drops of liquid fire, while the
whole arm and the corresponding
sides of the face and the neck were
illumined in like manner. The phe
nomena was wonderful to behold. It
was plain the patient was mysterious
ly anil wonderfully overcharged with
electricity. Feeling ft mysterious in
fluence in his left eye, he called upon
his friends to examine it. lhey \
found it to be perfectly natural in ap-.
pearance,except that it emited a bright
illumination, which cast a light on ;
the wall sufficiently strong in a dark- j
cued room to enable li. ill to see tin-1
Hgures on the wall paper. In a word j
the eve shone out like it lamp.
It was at this stage, but after these j
wonderful physical indications bad
abated, that Dr. Nicholson was called
in and it will gratify the many old ,
and cherished friends of Major Dot-!
tbeil to be informed that the synip- j
toms of his painful illness have taken
a favorable turn Already lie has j
measurably recovered the use of his
lower limb, and with steady increas- ]
ing strength, the strongest hopes are j
entertained of liis speedy recovery. '
The facts in this case as related
above were obtained by a representa
tive of the Times directly from Mr.
(lottlieil and lys estimable family.
—New (hieane Times
I A Novel Injunction. —From Sur
prise Valley, Georgia, comes the sto
; ry of an old fellow who got very jeal
ous because liis wife went to a ball
with a good-looking fellow and stayed
out until broad daylight. The old
chap went to a justice of the peace
and told his story, winding up with:
“I want yer to help me, for that ar
thing has been going on about long
enough.” “Well,” says the justice,
j “you can write down to Yreka, and
J see if some *of the lawyers can t get
you a divorce.” “Divorce!” roared
the angry man. “whothe douce wants
a divorce?” The justice began to
get wrathv. “If you don’t want a
divorce, what the deuce brought you
here?” “Why, I want an injunction
to stop further proceedings.”
Remarknb!<; Suicide,
A LADY SEVENTY-ONE YEARS OLD BLOWS
OUT HER OWN BRAINS.
One of the most lamentable suicides
that we havo ever been called upon to
chronicle took place in Jones county,
at a late hour on Monday night. Mrs.
Jonathan Holmes, an old lady sov
enty-ono years of age, deliberately
blew out her own brains with a shot
gun, producing instantaneous death.
About midnight her family was
alarmed by the report of a gnu in her
room, and on going thither found the
old lady lying dead upon the floor,
with nearly the whole of the upper
portion of her head blown off. She
seems to have placed the muzzle of
tlie gnu against her forehead and
pulled the trigger with her foot.
Mrs. Holmes, for the greater por-,
tion of her life, lived in comfortable
circumstances. She raised a family
of children and had a number of.
grandchildren. She had a great deal i
of trouble during the later years of:
her life, and there is hardly any doubt
that her troubles preyed upon her
mind until her reason becamo im
paired, and that it was in this mental
condition that she committed the
awful act. In addition to her other
troubles she lias, for some time, been
in bad health.
The deceased lived about five miles |
from Clinton, on the Monticello road.
This case is a very remarkable one.
"Wo do not remember to have ever
read of any ease in which so aged a
person, of either sex, committed the
most violent act that can be commit
ted, and in so violent a manner. She :
must have been the victim of the pro
fouudt'St despair, else she would have
waited the ordinary course of nature,
which promised tier, at most, but a
few more years of trouble.
About two mouths ago a gun was
discharged in her room. No one was
in tlio room with her at the time, and
she never accounted satisfactorily for
the discharge. It is now supposed
that she then made, or was about to
make ail attempt upon her life.—Ma
con Telegraph.
Habit.
It is so difficult, to break up estab
lished modes of action, and turn the
channels of one’s activiti* s in new
directions, that it is not surprising
that the mature in life, who have suf
fered from not being started right in
the first place, should lay, as they are
inclined to, great, stress on the impor
tance of making in all things a good
! beginning. There arc a few habits
which form a pretty good foundation
for success in life and insure the
friendship of the discerning and vir
tuous. First, among them w ; would
place the habit of self kelp. This
may and should bo formed in a child
before it can walk or talk by provi
ding resources for its amusements
and leaving it, within bounds, to de
pend upon those resources. Thou as
it grows older, it should be taught,
| and gently compelled to perform iu
its own behalf all that it can do.
Few of us but know young men and
young women perfectly helpless for all
the ordinary uses of life. If they alone
were sufferers it wouldn't matter much
but they uro social leeches, always,
I demanding service and never render
ing it. Good husbands, good wives,
good parents rarely if ever, are found
!in this class of people. They are so
| dependant upon others -so perfectly
: unused to the graver uses of existence
—that no reliance can be placed upon
them—they arc of little use in the
world. Parents, no moral is needed;
I look to your children—enable them
'tobe of use; for, unless they possess
I this faculty, humanity is no better
for having known them.
L.u'ijp. vrj'.D iiv a Lion.—Just before ,
! the performance came oil' at the cir- i
cus at Pulaski, Friday night, an un- j
I fortunate accident occurred. V bile j
; one of the employes was engaged in
! holding a coal oil lamp, it slipped j
| from his hand, failing upon the pro- j
joctiou to the lion’s cage, breaking it !
and igniting the combustible liquid.
: The oil ran into the cage a stream of |
' flame, causing the animal to retire j
; before it and to crouch at the oppo- i
! site side. At this juncture another j
j employe thoughtlessly went inside the ■
{cage with a view to its extinguishment,
jAt the very moment he put his head j
j and shoulders through the door, the
boast raised himself upon his haunch-;
es, gave a fearful roar and sprang
I upon the unfortunate man just as he
| had gotten fairly on the inside, tear
i ing the flesh from his face, flesh from I
I his breast, and flesh from his arm, so
horribly lacerating him that but little
hope is entertained of his recovery.
He was as nothing in the grip of the
lion, which would have killed him in
a few moments more had not the mas
ter of the beast interposed, with whip
in hand, and made tiro animal stand
at bay. The lion was considered the
tamest animal of the kind known to
circus men. Having been greatly
aroused by the fire, lie was, however,
ready to attack anything that came
in bin way. To add to this, the em
ploye was not known to the lion, and
needlessly endangered his life by the
intrusion, though it was for the un
appreciative animal’s benefit’—Nash
ville Banner.
“Another in them pants?” said a
fond mother to her young hopeful,
i “What 'readful on-kneesy follow
I you are. ”
Fashionable Mourning.
“I am afraid we arc going to have
no yellow fever this year.”
Wo pricked up our ears at this
strange, this awful exclamation. Our
very blood was chilled at the melan
choly sonibreness of this remark, as if
the speaker had received some dire
personal injury by the non-appear
ance of the fever; tlio teorfull melan
choly of tlio speech, the soft, sad
look upon his troubled brow, made us
pause iu genuine horror, disgust and
fear.
"No fever, no cholera; the city was
never healthier,” pursued this demon
to his friend, in sepulchral tones;
"just my luck. When the thermom
eter aud death rate run up, and two
hundred and ninety-six deaths were
scored in one week, 1 felt sure I was
going to do a heavy business. 1 or
dered quite a stock iff mourning goods
from Paris. You know all our mourn
ing is Parisau. To the French be
long all the honor of mourning for
lost friends fashionably. They have
given a spirituality, an elegance, an
ethereality to grief that makes it
quite attractive, and even pleasant.
There is no more of the old Hebrew
style of wallowing in ashes and wear
ing sack-cloth. No; a person liow-a
days can mourn without violating the
rules and ordinances of fashion. The
late war developed the Messieurs He
lh’uil. They have patented some new
fabrics that would just suit this clime,
and which run, as it were, through
the whole scale of grief, from the
heaviest black satin for widows, half
mourning, quarter mourning, to
dresses that bear just a suuycon of
grief, suitable for complimentary
mourning or juvenile sorrow. You
know what Milton says: “There’s a
charm in melancholy;” and the ladies
know that as well as old Milton did.
M'liy, half my customers are in bogus
mourning, grieving and mourning
over apochryphal uncles and fictitious
aunts.
“Ah, I see by your smile you ridi
cule those ideas. Sorrow, my friend,
has become refined, etlierial and mod
ernized, suited to the age in which we
live. "Why should it not ? It has
been catalogued and subdivided; each
grade has been classified and liveried;
there ‘settled grief,’ ‘inconsolable,’
‘melancholy,’ and, lastly, ‘pensivciiess,’
just the tiling for young ladies.
“I myself have done something in
this lino on tlu-so improvements on
the old style. I have brought some
little bonnets into the market, rather
pronounce, it is true, but which are
just the things for young widows at
an evening party. I myself am the
patentee of tho new tearful handker
chief, prepared with artificial tears—
crying, bohooiug is not allowed now
a-davs;it does no good, and gives the
mourner a red nose instead of conso
lation; it is far from a beautifier.
But what’s the use of mourning over
this? My usual luck—a big stock,
and tho city is irremediably healthy.”
“Oh, don’t be- despondent,” replied
the friend, a big, fat, red monster,
who looked as if apoplexy was
threatening him every moment, "I
saw a fine load of green watermelons
come in this morning.”
“What good will watermelons do?
Ten to one they work themselves off
with nothing more serious than colic.
No, nothing looks promising, unless
we can arouse a grand patriotic feel
ing and get tho ladies to go into
mourning for poor Louisiana, us those
of Paris did for Alsace and Lor
raine.”
It took us about two hours to re
cover our senses after this funeral dia
logue. We cannot sleep at night any
longer, for rows of men, dressed in a
sombre black, mountains of coffins
flit? by until our very hair stands on
end, and wo cry out in our sleep.
Our landlady says tint if we do not
stop drinking we will have to find new
lodgings, as she does not want lodg
j ers with jim jams. To such an ex
tent are wo misinterpreted. — New
Orleans Picayune.
Hair Chiiractorization.
i A writer says: “Coarse black hair
j and dark skin signify great power of
character, with a tendency to sensu
ality. Fine black hair and dark skin
, indicate strength of character, along
i with purity and goodness. Stiff’,
j straight black hair aud beard indi
cate a coarse, strong, rigid, straight
forward character. Fine dark-brown
hair signifies the combination of cx- j
quisite sensibilities with great strength j
of character. Flat, clinging, straight:
hair a melancholy’ but extremely con-j
stunt character. Harsh, upright hair
is the sign of a reticent and sour
spirit. Coarse red hair indicates:
powerful animal passions, with a cor
responding strength of character.
Auburn hair, with florid countenance,
denotes the highest' order of senti
ment and intensity of feeling—purity,
with high capacity for enjoyment and
suffering. Straight, even, smooth
: and glossy hair denotes strength,
harmony and evenness of character,
i hearty affections, a clear head and su
perior talents. Fine, silky, supple'
hair is the mark of a delicate and sen
sitive temperament, and speaks in fa
vor of the mind and character of the
i owner. Crisp, curly hair indicates a
hasty, somewhat impetuous and rash
i character. White hair denotes a lym
i phatic and indolent constitution.”
r.,~ J. .I >.*. . *r*w*.
Living dogs and cats are nuis
j anecs, but dead ones are intolerable.
—The greatest object of curiosity
jto a woman is the dress of another
l woman.
lii a Rad Fix.
It has never been definitely settled
to the sat isfaction of the public who :
the man in the iron mask was, but ;
generations to come will know all \
about. Dick Palmer, who got inside
of something worse than a mask. '
His mother sent him after a brass
kettle, which one of the neighbors
had borrowed, and on the way home
the boy turned the kettle upside)
down and put it on his head. An
other boy gave it a blow and it shut ;
down over Dick's face as close as a ■
clam in his shell, one of the ears dig- |
ging into his head behind, and the i
other pressing on his nose. The vie- i
tim jumped and shouted and clawed
at tlu; kettle, but lie couldn't budge
it. A man came along and lifted at
it, but Dick's nose began to come out
by the roots, and the man had to)
stop. A crowd ran out of the corner :
grocery, Dick’s mother was sent for,
and the boys danced up and down ,
and cried "Oh, golly!” without was- j
ing. One boy said they would have i
to take a cold chisel and drill Dick ■
out of the kettle, and another said j
they’d have to melt tlio kettle off’,
while everybody rapped on it to see
how solidly it was on. Then they
tried to lift it off', but Dick roared
“murder!" until they stopped. Some j
said grease his head, some said grease |
the kettle, while the boy’s mother sat
down on the curbstone and sobbed 1
out, “Oh! Iticliard, why did you do !
this ?” Tlio crowd took it coolly; it
wasn’t their funeral, and a boy with a
brass kettle on his head isn’t to be I
seen to day. Tears fell from the ket
tle, and a hollow voice kept repeat
ing, "1 11 never do it again.” Finally
they had Richard on the walk, and j
while one man sat on his legs and an
other on his stomach, a third com
pressed the kettle between bis hands,
and the boy crawled out, his nose all
scratched and twisted out of shape,
a hole in his head and a bump on bis
forehead, liis mother wildly em
braced him, till tlio boys cried, “ilip
la 1” and little Richard was led home
to loaf around on the lounge and have
toast and fried eggs for a week. H
fruit Free Press.
A Beautiful Incident-
Day before yesterday, in bis speech
for the prosecution iu a seduction
; case, ('apt. Barziza related a fable of
i a swallow building her nest 'neath
'the eaves of a court 1 muse, ;rtel when
her young were hatched and in their
I callow Jleiplcssin'-s wi re dependent
1 upon her, a serpent l ame and devour
ed them. Y.’aeii she discwveired her
loss her lamentations were sorrow
ful and distressing to witness, anil a
friend attempted to console anil a~-
l suage her grief. Her reply was that
! she mourned not so much the loss of
her tender little ones as she did that
they perished where they did. She
had sought the protecting tegis of the
I temple of justice, hoping that the
weakness of herself and young would
find there a defense from all harm.
The application made by Capt.
Barziza was prettily anil effectively
| made. There sat a defenseless meth
| er, and her still more defenseless
) offspring, seeking iu the temple of
justice redress for wrong, and she
j met with calumny anil vituperation
in tlio very sanctuary where she sought
' safety.
Yesterday morning, after the court
was opened, and the clerk was read
i ing the minutes, a beautiful swallow
j flew into the courtroom and perched
j upon the judge’s head, and flying off
alighted upon the volume of statutes
j in front of him, looked him full in the
! face, chirping, and then flew to the
jury box, hoping from railing to rail
ing, and scat to seat, avoiding those
j who sought to capture it, and with
another merry chirrup, flew out
of the window to the freedom and
happiness of God’s sunlight and air.
I The incident was a pretty one, oalcn
j lated to awaken all the poetry of one's
j soul and to beget a higher apprecia-
I tion of justice and right. —Houston
• Tclegruph.
A Perfect Homo.
The most perfect home I ever saw
was a little house into the sweet in
cense of whose tires went no costly
things. A thousand dollars served
as a year’s living of father, mother,
and three children. But the mother
was the creator of a home; her rela
tions with her children were the most
beautiful I have ever seen; even the
dull and common place man was lift
ed up and enabled to do good work
for souls by the atmosphere which
this woman created; every inmate of
her house involuntarily looked into
her face for the key note of the day,
and it always rang clear. From the
rosebud or clover leaf, which in spile
of her hard housework she always
I found t put by our plates at break
| fast, down to the story slio had on
■ hand f o he read in the evening, there
j was no intermission of her influence.
I Shelias always been and always willbe
j my ideal of a mother, wife, and homo
; -maker. If to her quick brain, lov
| ing heart, and exquisite face had been
| added the appliance of wealth and
the enlargements of wider culture,
hers would have been absolutely the
j ideal home. As it was, it was the
best 1 have ever seen .—Helen Hunt.
■ —A Georgia negro who bet $lO
j that Gen. 'Washington commanded
the Federals at Bull ltun, handed the
| money over with the remark: “We!!,
, dis yere Bist’ry business is all mi's and
I up, anyway.”
Days of the Mock.
The names of these are derived
from Saxon idolatry. The Saxons lmd
soveii deities more particularly ador
ed than the rest, namely: the Sun,
Moon, Tuisco, Woden, Thor, Friga,
aud Seater. Sunday being dedicated
to the sun, was called bv them Sun
lUidaeg; his idol represented tliu bust
of a man, with the face darting bright
rays, holding a wheel before liis breast
indicative of the circuit of the golden
orb around our sphere- Monday
was dedicated to the moon, anil was
represented by a female on a pedestal,
with a very singular dress, anil two
long ears. Tuesday was consecrated
to ’i’liisei), a n rmaii hero , sire of tlio
Germ ms, Scythian- and Saxons. He
was represented as a venerable old
man, with a long white heard, a scep
tre in his band, and the skin of a
white beur thrown over his shoulders.
\\ id ay was consecrated to Wod
en, or Odin, a supremo god of the
Northern nations, father of the gods
god of war, of Mars. Ho was repre
sent- 1 as a warrior in held martial
attitude, clad in armor, holding in his
right hand a broad crooked sword,
and a shield in his left. Thursday
was consecrated to,Thor, eldest son of
Woden, who was the Roman Jupiter;
he was believed to govern the nir,
preside over lightning and thunder,
direct wind, rain and seasons; he was
represented as sitting on a splendid
throne, with a crown of gold adorned
with twelve glittering stars, and a
sceptre ii his right li uni. Friday, or
Friga, Hertha, or Edith, was the
mother of the gods and wife of Woil
cu; she was the goddess of love and
pleas'.: ,o, and was portrayed as a fe
male with a naked sword in her right
hand and a bow in her left, imploving
that iu exi .vim; eases women should
fight as well as men. Saturday, or
Heater, is the same as the Roman
S.ituiTus; ho was represented on a
pedes! .1, standing on the back of a
prickly !i h <•: Ileil a ] ercli, his head
bare, with a thin, meagre face; iu his
left hand lie held a wheel, and iu his
right a pail of water witli fruits anil
llo" -: ’ rp of tlie fish
imp! • 1 , a :-!.■{ -er of Seater
should pus.-. :1. :-h .-very diflfi
■ nib. ' 1 - <: nematic uf
their unity . freedom, aud llie pail
vab i . :• plietl that lie would water
the earth and make it fruitful.
A ’Virginia Wife Onuses Social
Equality.—A recent issue of the Bo
livar \’a.) Built Up contains the fol
lowing: “While at the Junction lost
Monday wo were bffd ffiy a gentle
man of veracity a ? 1 juke, practi
cal in its nature, on uie fellow B yd,
who ran for Tax Collector of Fayette
county on tig? Radical ticket. Tlio
day after the election a negro man
call lilt Boyd’s house while he was
eating dinner. Boyd invited the eb
ony civil rights man and brother to
sit down at the table with him aud
appease his hunger. Sambo slid into
a chair alongside this sociable Boyd,
but Mrs. Boyd did not like such con
duct, a?.d slie hastily gathered tlio
, four corners of tlie table-cloth, brought
them together with a jerk, throwing
! plates, glasses, dishes, vegetables,
meats, etc., all into a shapeless mass,
| anil then pitched them into the yard.
Having thus plainly expressed her
' sentiments concerning the social
' equality of the races, she told Mr.
Boyd that ho could remain in full
pons- ssion of the house, and enjoy to
his heart's content tlio company of
liis African friends, but as for herself
she would go to her mother’s, and
there remain, never to meet him
again. Boyd’s own brother, we are
informed, escorted her to the family
mansion, and this miserable husband
fled the country.” *
The lawyers of Now York are likely
to make a good tiling out of theßeech
er-Tilton scandal. First, there is
tlie great cast? of Tilton vs. Beecher,
in which 8100,000 damages are claim
ed. Then Mr. Henry C. Bowen sues
the editor and reporter of the Brook
lyn Eagle. for libel, claiming damages
to tie amount of $150,000, while ho
also lias the editor of the Argus ar
rested on a criminal charge. Mr.
Tilton threatens some suits for libel
against New York and Brooklyn ed
itors. Mr. Beecher may follow his ex
ample unil sue editors all over the
country. Mr. Moulton has a right to
sue Beecher for charging him with
being a blackmailer. Mrs. Tilton
may try to vindicate her character in
j the courts agniiitst the charges of Til
! ton anil Moulton, and Susan B. An
j thony has a grievance in the charge
that she sal in Theodore’s lap, which
may require legal redress. Certainly
l the prospect of a large libel crop in
! very promising in New York.
A Love Story. —“Pliairest of tho
plniir,” sighed the lover, “pliancy my
plieelings when I phorsec the pliear
ful cuusequmice-J of our phleeing
plironi your phatlier’s phamily,.
Phew pheilows could have phaced the
music with so much phortitnde as I
have; atul as phiclo pliortuno re
phnses to smile upon our love, I
pliiiul myself pliorcod to phorego the
pleasure of becoming your husband..
Phair Phrances, pharewell phor--
ever.”
“Hold, Phranklin, hold,” screamed
Phrances. “I will phollow you phor
-1 ever.”
But Phranklin phlcd, and loving,
j Phrances phuinted.
[ —To remove stainsirom character
I —get rich.
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